Sunraku & Emul vs. Mud Digger

Sunraku & Emul vs. Mud Digger is a battle fought by Sunraku & Emul against Mud Digger. It takes place in the swamp area of Secondil after Sunraku after wants to test his curse and see if lower level monsters will run away.

Prologue
Sunraku reaches a swamp area where the area boss of Secondil is supposed to be, but doesn't see it. On their way there, Emul explains that the area boss is Mud Digger, a monster that rockets out of the ground to attack, so its crucial to find a way to hold it in place. As he can't move that well in the swamp, Sunraku realizes that he will probably needs to fight the boss in the swamp. In SLF, the "swamp" terrains has a characteristic that it forces a "walking state" and one leg always remain trapped in the marsh until the other reaches the bottom. The Mud Digger area boss then shows up.

Battle
Sunraku faces the Mud Digger, but with his movements slowed, he wonders how he will fight it. As the Mud Digger charges at him, Sunraku activates Slide Move, evading the attack with a gliding motion. Since his battle with Lycagon evolved some of his skills, he decides its time to figure out how to use them. Mud Digger attacks and Sunraku uses Repel Counter, an evolved Perfect Parry, not only blocking, but also counter attacking. However with now both of his skills on a 10 second cooldown, Sunraku wonders on how to evade Mud Digger's next attack. As the monster attacks him, Emul uses Magic Edge, hitting the monster with a magic attack and knocks it down. Sunraku realizes that he isn't alone in this fight, and although he feels weird using a stronger NPC for help, he decides to use this chance. He gets close to Mid Digger and as the monster stands, he uses the evolved version of Screw Pierce, Spiral Edge. After the attack, he uses Edge Climb, sticking his weapons to the monster and climbing it. Reaching the top of the monster, he asks Emul to give them a "big boom". The Mud Digger tries to eat them, but Sunraku uses another Repel Counter. Emul then charges her Power-Boost Magic Edge, hitting the Mud Digger with more powerful magic and knocking it down again. However Sunraku also takes 8 fall damage as they land on the ground.

Sunraku is surprised to see that the Mud Digger is gone. A moment later, the ground starts to shake. Recalling Emul's words that the monster rockets out of the ground, and feeling that insta-kill attack is coming, Sunraku grabs Emul and throws her away. The Mud Digger the comes from under Sunraku, but only throws him in the air. Sunraku is surprised as it only took him 5 damage. The Mud Digger is a mole-like quadruped with the head of a shark and the whiskers of a catfish. After its HP reaches a certain threshold, it activates a special move set. It dives deep into the ground and vibrates the ground to hold players in place. It then attacks and throws one of the players in the air, leaving them to die from the fall damage. If a single player attacks it, he is always the target, which had earned Mud Digger's sobriquet - the "solo killer".

Sunraku realizes that he will die from fall damage and gets annoyed at the person who designed the boss as the player's skill doesn't matter. As Sunraku falls, he wonders on what to do, but in the end figures there is nothing he can do and awaits his death. Emul doesn't give up and manages to reach Sunraku a moment before falls and activates teleport magic, teleporting them above the Mud Digger. There is an attack called "Meteor Fall" that utilizes downward energy. Sunraku had picked a lot of downward momentum while free falling. After he was teleported by Emul, the game recognized it instead of a fall death to as a risky attack, Mistake Meteor Fall. As Sunraku falls onto Mud Digger and hits him with his head, the Mud Digger gets defeated and Sunraku survives with 1 HP and gains 1 level being now level 29.

Aftermath
Proceeding forward, Sunraku regains some HP using medical herbs. He notes that Emul is even stronger than he expected and ended up carrying him in that battle. Since they are reaching Thirdrema soon, Sunraku wonders on how to hide Emul and not draw attention again. Emul reveals a Mysterious Vorpal Bracelet, noting that she haven't used it in a long time and asks Sunraku to not tell anyone about it. She then uses Metamorphose and transforms into a human. Seeing her, Sunraku feels that the game is turning into harem game with an anthro bunny girl. Moment later, Emul returns to normal, explaining that its exhausting to keep that form and she will transform again when they get close to the town as she can only keep it up for four to five minutes.